Shelf strip



Sept. 25, 1928.

J. KOCH SHELF STRIP Filed March 29, 1927 Inventor Patented Sept. 25,1928;

PATENT OFFICE JACOB KOCH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SHELF s'rRIP.

Application filed March 29, 1927. Serial No. 179,373.

The present invention relates to a strip to be placed on the outer edgeof a shelf to hold price tags and the like.

The principal object of the invention lies in the provision of a deviceof this nature,

which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, attractive in appearance,thoroughly efficient and reliablein use, and otherwise well adaptedto be used for the purpose for whichit is designed.

Another important obj ect of the invention lies in the provision of astrip of this nature which is designed for means which enables the pricetags to be easily taken therefrom and easily inserted therein.

With the above and numerous other objects in view, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view showing several of the strips attached to the edge ofthe shelf.

Figure 2 is a vertical section therethrough, taken substantially on theline 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the strips.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that each strip isformed from asingle sheet of metal stamped to provide an oblong body 5,having flanges 6 on the major portion of the intermediate length of thelongitudinal edges, said flanges being bent'over upon the body 5, forthe purpose of slidably receiving a card or tag 7 containing the pricesof goods. The body 5 is formed with apertures 8, so that the strip maybe readily nailed to the edge of the shelf. The ends of the body 5,therefore, 0 project beyond the ends of the flanges 6. Now

the transverse terminal edges of the body 5 intermediate their ends arestamped outwardly or forwardly as is indicated at 9. It will thus beseen that when these strips are disposed one alongside the oflier upon along shelf, such as is indicated in Figure 1, that a price card or tag 7may he slid along one end of the strip in which it is disposed, so as toengage the projection 9, thus raising one end of the card so that thefingers may be engaged therewith and the card readily pulled from thestrip. These projections 9 also assist in engaging the card in thestrip, since they tend to engage the card upon it. being inserted in oneend, so as to bend the card along the median longitudinal dimension sothat the edges will engage in the spaces between the flanges 6 and thebody 5 as will be readily apparent.

It is thought that the construction, utility and advantages of thisinvention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this artwithout a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodimentof the invention has been disclosed in detailmerely by way of example, since in actual practice it attains thefeatures of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of theinvention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the de-' tails of construction andin the sizes, and material may be resorted to, without departing fromthe spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed orsacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A device of the class described formed from a single sheetof metalstamped to provide an oblong flat body having means on the longitudinaledges thereof for slidablyholding a. card, said means terminating adistance from each end of the body, and each end of the body at its edgebeing stamped to form a projection V-shaped in cross section andtapering inwardly.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JACOB KOCH.

